HERITAGE APPLES of SOUTHWESTERN B. C. (Do You Know of Any?)
HERITAGE APPLES of SOUTHWESTERN B. C. (do you know of any?) As early as 1855, apple orchards were planted in the vicinity of Victoria, and elsewhere on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Also, some apples were planted as single trees to supply fruit for farm families. Many old apple trees still exist on sub- divided properties that were once part of an old farm or orchard. Listed below are some of the more common varieties that were grown locally a hundred years ago. We wish to photograph these and any other old apples if you are confident of their identity. If you have or know of any old varieties, please let us know. We have pictures for those shown with a tilde (~), but in many cases we would like verification. A couple of the objectives of this project are, one; to produce a colour photo album for easier identification of the many old apples visitors bring to our shows, and two; to document the existing heritage apples of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. ~Alexander, Emperor (1,5,6,7,9,12) Rome Beauty (7,12) (American Pippin) (3) ~Grimes Golden (1,7,9,10,12) Roxbury Russet (1,5) ~Astrachan, Red (1,3,4,5,6,7,11,12) (Haas) (1,6) Royal Jubilee (Graham Royal Jubilee) ~Astrachan, White (8) Hightop Sweet (Sweet June) St. Lawrence (Montreal) (7) ~Baldwin (1,2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12) ~ (Holland Pippin) (1) Salome (1,7,9,12) Barcelona Pearmain (1) Hubbardson Nonsuch (1) Smith's Cider (1) Baumann's Reinette (12) Irish Peach (6) ~(Snow) (1,7,12) Baxter's Pearmain (11) Jennetting, Fall (3) ~Spokane Beauty (8,10) Beauty of Kent (1) (Jersey Sweet)
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